Above all, art should be fun.- Alexander Calder

Cupcake Art

Last week on my truck around town to find a new decorating class, I picked up a book I have been wanting for some time now!

After looking through the book over and OVER I knew I wanted to do something but I find it pointless to spend all this time on something just to throw most of it or even all of it away. So, since I went home for Halloween I took the book along with me and made some cupcakes and flowers.

One of my friends, Rebecca, had knee surgery on Friday and I thought it was the perfect chance to explore the endless opportunities that can be found in my new book.  Since, usually when someone has surgery you take them flowers, I decided to take her cupcakes and cookie flowers.  As usual I always have to go pick up supplies for my spur of the moment baking experiences.  Mom and I went to Target, Walgreens, and Stater Brothers before having everything that I needed.

First, I got the cupcakes baking then I started creating the flowers that would go with this creation.

These are all the goodies I used to create my flowers!!

I made the flowers that used the marshmellows first, no reason behind why, I just did :) The big marshmellows you can cut into 5 petals and you just let them drop into the bowl of sugar and toss them around a little and they're done. I used 3 big marshmellows to make a total of 15 petals. 

 It is seriously this easy!!

I used purple sugar for the big marshmellows

Cutting the marshmellows and letting them fall into the sugar

I didn't take pictures, but here is a quick over view with the small marshmellows...  With the small marshmellows you cut them in half and let them fall into the sugar just like before. I cut 20 small marshmellows and had left overs that I threw out.

Here are my sugar petals


Once, I did finished the marshmellow petals I moved onto the assembling the flowers with melted white chocolate. The base of the flower is just a sugar cookie that I "glued" everything onto.

The Flowers



This flower is made using plain m&ms

Sugar, large marshmellows (cut) and a candy corn hershey kiss complete this flower



Think of this times 2... sugar, small marshmellows (cut) a carmel apple kiss equals flower

All the Flowers together

Next step was putting the "steam" onto them.  The book says use small (thin) pretzels; however, Mom didn't think the thin ones would hold up the cookies so, we got the large (thick) pretzels.

Again, I used melted chocolate as glue. Also in order to make sure they didn't break
I used the Coconut and dish towels to level them

They're done!!!

Now, back to the cupcakes.. Frosting needs to be colored green, look like grass, and then arrange in a pot.

Green food coloring + white frosting= yummy green frosting

Coconut+green food coloring+ baggy= coconut grass



Put all of this together and what do you get?



THIS!!!!




Here is to a speedy recovery Rebecca!!!
To bad it didn't look this good when you got it :( 

** I HATE THE WHITE BOXES AROUND MY PICTURES**